To tell about the impact and progress of rural level entrepreneurs (VLE) in providing basic services to the poor and deprived communities of the country through the Common Service Centers (CSC), the CSC SPV on July 11, 2017, Organizing a workshop on "Services - An Extraordinary Initiative" topic.

Central Electronics and Information Technology and Law and Justice Minister Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad inaugurated the program organized at India Habitat Center, New Delhi. They appreciated the efforts of entrepreneurial rural level entrepreneurs to provide important services at the grassroots level.

Hon'ble Minister said, 'I have a lot of hope from the CSC VLE. Our VLEs are going to bring about change in India. CSC has given employment to one million people of the country. I believe that in the future, one crore people will work in the CSC.

Reiterating VLE's ability to make citizens aware under government campaigns, the Hon'ble Minister said, "I am happy to know that VLE trained two crore people in a cashless campaign. He said, "Recently, the Union Textile Minister Smt. Smriti Irani sought VLE's support for the expansion of handloom products. All the Departments of Government want to include VLE for their services.

He said, "There is effective remedy in eradicating corruption. We ended up corruption and saved 50,000 crores. ' He hoped that from time to time VLE will come forward and help the government in reducing corruption in the country.

Hon'ble Minister was addressing about 600 VLEs of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. In the workshop held at India Habitat Center, New Delhi, senior officials of the Department of Electronics and Information Technology, UIDAI, Department of Fertilizers and Food and Civil Supplies were also present.

Shri Ajay Prakash Sahni, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, said, "With the support of the government, in particular with the help of Hon'ble Minister, the CSC campaign has got a new identity. I am happy to know that CSC has played an important role in the visit of Aadhar. "